B970 crash in Highland on 20 December 1991 at 14:50 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B970 in Highland at 14:50 on Friday 20 December 1991. A 15-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1991; Friday, 14:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1991910100313
Council area: Highland
Police force: Northern

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 970
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
West
Lane or location
On lay-by or hard shoulder
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
47 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North
Lane or location
On lay-by or hard shoulder
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
42 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Seated passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1991910100313 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 1991.